Sentences with phrase «than a function of»

But that question ought to be debated and decided by democratic institutions, rather than a function of multinationals growing clout.

Your religion is nothing more than a function of where you were born and what stories you were told growing up.

Mohan says most studies of ataxins and related proteins had focused on the effects of the polyglutamine - expanded versions, rather than the function of the unaltered protein.

In that sense, you may turn your aerobic system lazy, and make your speed and endurance a function of how much you can fuel, rather than a function of how much fat you can burn.

That is, the high rate of private placement in D.C. may be more a function of the quality of D.C. public schools than a function of special education per se.

But, giftedness is so much more than a function of education.

Stock purchasing is now more or less a function of the pure enjoyment of investing as a hobby and passion (rather than a function of becoming financially independent as fast as possible), but the ongoing casual investing of fresh capital does add to my passive income, freedom, and options.

It was at this time that I used to say that «painting for me is more than a function of the eye.

Not exact matches

New prime minister Malcolm Turnbull brings with him a better working knowledge of how Western Australia functions than any of his predecessors since the days of war time PM John Curtin, who died in 1945.

Function of Beauty usually focuses its marketing on its products rather than on people to avoid defining who and what is beautiful, because of the stereotypes and self - esteem problems that can create.

More than two - thirds of chief marketing officers don't think the role gets the same respect as other executive functions.

Hulu wouldn't say how many channels would be included in the service, whether or not there'll be more than one subscription tier, exactly how much content will be in its on - demand library, how many hours of cloud DVR will be included, what the search function looks like, a firm release date, or a price point besides «under $ 40.»

The ATF defines a machine gun as «any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.»

Startup success is still overwhelmingly a function of your team's ability to execute — and proper execution more than likely requires the resources and time that outside investment can bring.

As ever, the causes of the cryptocurrency's fortunes are less than clear, but some experts reckon it might have something to do with the approach of April 17, the deadline for filing taxes in the U.S. Others think it's a function of geopolitical fears and sanctions.

Alongside its new moniker, the platform offers a host of new features, including curated collections of stories from multiple publications organized around a single theme and a search function that digs through 15,000 back issues from more than 150 titles.

Rather, it means only that, in a crisis, for a limited period of time, the ability of the employee to do some essential functions is better than none.

The size of the opportunity for D - Wave is, according to Rose, more a function of the research and development budgets of Fortune 500 companies than the market for supercomputers.

More than an engrossing collection of historical true - crime stories, though, the book functions as an unlikely financial history of the young United States, as it grew «from a patchwork of largely self - governing colonies to a loosely assembled union of states and, finally, to a single nation under firm federal control.»

Teams that recognize the achievements of individuals will always function better than teams that only point out faults.

Here's what's up: [Description of your product or service, ideally in terms of benefits to the client rather than features and functions.

But there was no improvement in verbal functioning and language schools, other than the ability to order, without a trip of the tongue, that «grande, quad, nonfat, one - pump, no - whip mocha.»

One of those lessons was to surround herself with experts, and make sure they function — this is a favourite leadership analogy of Broader's — like a cabinet rather than a house of representatives.

Forbes also opposed the purchases of corporate debt — something the BoE did briefly after the financial crisis, but more to aid market functioning than to boost growth.

«Design is more than the aesthetics and artifacts associated with products; it's a strategic function that focuses on what people want and need and dream of, then crafts experiences across the full brand ecosystem that are meaningful and relevant for customers.»

A huge number of doctors — 89 percent — said they believed that consumers had not been adequately educated about how the exchanges» policies will function, and more than 9 percent didn't know if there had been adequate education of consumers.

It's a function of time even more than capital.

Daytner is one of the exceedingly high - functioning people that USA Today and Scientific American contributor Laura Vanderkam introduces in her new book 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio).

The move comes after shares of the company, which makes and markets systems to analyze genetic function, slipped less than 1 percent during the regular session.

They act as if they are still operating in an environment where the function of a physical store is to drive transactions, rather than to provide an immersive physical experience, build personal relationships and upsell.

The Army functions this way so that it can work as a team — when you are loyal to those around you and those you serve under, you think in terms of the plural rather than the singular.

More business owners than I would expect treat the exact match function of Google AdWords in a similar way that traditional searchers are unaware of search query shortcuts and advanced operators in the search field.

[2] Indeed, to my mind, the value of these initiatives has been less the «integration» aspect than the progress made in enabling eight local bond markets to function more effectively for foreign and domestic investors and, not least, for the governments and other borrowers of those countries.

Very different than my double edge razors, probably closest in function to my TTO, where the head and handle of the razor remain attached in order to change the blade (the handle does twist off if needed), however it seems as though changing this blade would be a bit more cumbersome than with a TTO.

Ultimately, the success of the Affordable Care Act depends on far more than a functioning website.

Patrick brings more than 47 years of experience in healthcare, insurance, corporate retail, wholesale, supply chain, merchandising and information technology (IT) functions.

So, when searching for your organization's next leader, look for someone with an attenuated dopamine function: someone who is never satisfied with the status quo, someone who wants the feeling of success more than others — but likes it less.

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That Mr. Trump seems to have so much less debt on his disclosure form than what The Times found is not his fault, but rather a function of what the form asks candidates to list and how.

Most are a function of noisy data rather than well - established phenomenon.

The fact that China's debt is rising much more quickly than China's debt servicing capacity is consistent with my implicit model — which claims that the optimal amount of capital stock in China is a function of China's relatively low level of social capital, and that Chinese investment has far exceeded its optimal level — but it doesn't prove it.

Leveraging the science and art of sales to build an inside sales function requires more than hiring people who sell themselves well during an interview.

While all of this may seem daunting, you can start one step at a time and know that just by understanding the above you have a far deeper comprehension of how search engines and SEO function than the average person.

The main function of those foreign workers is to expand foreign sales rather than to cut costs by replacing U.S. jobs, but some of the output produced abroad is in the form of intermediate goods that are imported into the U.S. and show up as part of our «final output.»

Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a) increase domestic investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).

The product of SegWit2x's cancellation, BCH, which functions more like a business than a decentralized network and even has a CEO, seized the opportunity to increase its standing as a major opponent to Bitcoin itself.

Third and finally, the traditional story misses the real function of private banks, which is to solve an information problem in the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this post.

It was the book that helped me to better understand the function of marketing and how much of successful sales is structural rather than based upon personal ability.

The most valuable employees understand more than just their jobs; they understand the industries in which their companies operate, the way in which their companies functions in big - picture terms and the way in which their individual job roles contribute to the success of their firms.

I think the last rate cut also showed that the efficacy of the move was more limited than the BoC let on, with most of the net stimulus (through the FX channel) ultimately a function of the projected path for U.S. monetary policy.